Examining the role of civic attitudes in the link between family wealth and school dropout among tertiary vocational students.

ABSTRACT: This study examined the relationship between family wealth and school dropout among vocational education students (n = 1,231; mean age=17.81). It investigated whether (1) family affluence and adolescents' own perceptions and experiences of their family wealth (i.e., perceived family wealth, financial scarcity) predict dropout, (2) adolescents' civic attitudes (i.e., system justification, institutional trust) explain the association between family wealth and school dropout, and (3) trust in teachers buffers against the risk of dropout among students with lower civic attitudes. Multivariate models revealed that financial scarcity predicted dropout. Financial scarcity showed an indirect only effect on dropout through lower institutional trust, but not through system justification. Trust in te

SUBMITTER: Finkenauer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10504291 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature